Cloki vs DSClock
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cloki
Design custom clock widgets with a variety of personalization options. View calendar appointments as arcs and track different time zones or the moon phase directly on your home screen.
- Personalize clock appearance
- Display calendar appointments
- Set different time zones
- Show moon phase
- Create home screen widgets
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• Personalize – choose your own rims, hands, faces, markers and more • Day at a glance – see appointments on your calendar as arcs inside the rim • Time zone – create a clock widget and set it to a different time zone • Moon – connect with the moon and see it on the clock face as it appears in the sky
DSClock
Add a touch of retro handheld gaming charm to your iPhone with customizable clock widgets. Choose from light or dark designs in various sizes for your Home Screen, Lock Screen, or StandBy mode. Enjoy an ad-free experience with minimal battery impact.
- Authentic DS-inspired dial design
- Light & dark widget options
- Multiple widget sizes (S, M, L)
- Home Screen, Lock Screen, and StandBy support
- Zero ads and zero data collection
- Battery-friendly and small footprint
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Bring a slice of handheld-era charm to iPhone. Highlights • Authentic DS-inspired dial design • Separate light & dark widgets (S, M, L) • Works on Home Screen, Lock Screen, StandBy • Zero ads, zero data collection • Tiny footprint, battery-friendly Setup Open DS Clock Widget once. Long-press a screen → + → search “DS Clock”. Pick light or dark, choose a size. DS Clock Widget is an independent homage and is not affiliated with Nintendo.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: DSClock at Free against Cloki's $7.99. DSClock also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 63%) and in-app purchases (none vs 2). Cloki's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 7 months) and ratings volume (34 vs 6). On rating and ads there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
DSClock is free to download; Cloki costs $7.99 up front. Cloki sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. DSClock asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.2 for Cloki against 4.3 for DSClock. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cloki has 34 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 63% of Cloki's written reviews are positive against 100% of DSClock's.
Cloki ships an update monthly, DSClock every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cloki | DSClock |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $7.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.2 (34 ratings) | 4.3 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 63.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 34 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 242 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Cascadian Watch Corp. | Miguel Piedrafita |
Customer experience
Cloki
DSClock
In-app purchases
Cloki
- Unlock All Cloki Features$3.99
- Unlock All Cloki Features$7.99
DSClock
No in-app purchases
